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Consume Italian Media

Immersing yourself in Italian media is a great way to continue improving your skills, and it helps you gain a deeper understanding of the Italian language through pop culture and other contexts. Rent Italian films and watch them with Italian subtitles, or no subtitles at all. Focus on understanding the language; soon you should be able to pick up on what the actors are saying. Netflix.com has many Italian language films. There are a number of online Italian language newspapers.

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Alto AdigeThis newspaper, started on May 24, 1945 in a basement in Bressanone by members of the Resistance, moved to Bolzano and is the leading newspaper in the area. Two pages a day are published in German as this part of northern Italy was once part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Today 55% of the shares are controlled by the group that owns La Repubblica and the weekly L'Espresso. http://www.altoadige.it/

L'ArenaOne of the oldest newspapers in the area of the three Venices in northeastern Italy, the first issue was published October 12, 1866 just before Italian troops entered Verona, chasing out the Austrians. (It's easy to forget that once part of northern Italy belonged to Austria.) The paper was named after the famous Roman area in Verona and published by the owners of a local printing press. http://www.larena.it/

AvvenireThe newspaper was born from a fusion between two Catholic dailies, "L'Italia" from Milan and "L'Avvenire d'Italia" in Bologna. In 1989 a group of bishops and Catholic industrialists joined to create a dialog between the ecclesiastical and business worlds. The paper is published in Milan. http://www.avvenire.it

Corriere AdriaticoPublished in Ancona, on the Adriatic sea, this newspaper made its debut in 1860 under the name Corriere delle Marche to promulgate government decrees by the newly unified Italy. Today it is one of the most popular newspapers in the area. http://www.corriereadriatico.it

Corriere della SeraItalians like to compare Corriere della Sera to the New York Times, considering it the most "national" and prestigious newspaper in Italy. Corriere is also controlled by the Agnelli (Fiat) family. http://www.corriere.it

Corriere delle AlpiThe original paper, called Alto Adige (for the area in northern Italy) was first published in May of 1945 by a group of journalists who were part of the resistance, with news they got from the radio. Published in Italian (many of the area's residents are German speakers), it moved to Bolzano and replaced the fascist newspaper that had been published. Today it is the leading newspaper of the area. http://www.corrierealpi.it/

Corriere dello Sport/StadioOne of the two daily Italian newspapers dedicated primarily to sport, the paper was first published three days a week in 1924, becoming a daily in 1927. Published in Rome, it is distributed throughout Italy.http://www.corrieredellosport.it

Half of this newspaper's issues are sold in Messina, Sicily, and the other half across the straits of Messina in Calabria. One of the leading papers in the region, it has always been on the cutting edge of technological advances in publishing. http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/

Gazzetta di MantovaThe newspaper began life with a few sheets in 1664 as broadsheets, by January of 1689 it had become the "Gazzetta di Mantova." In 1989 it became part of the L'Espresso group. http://www.gazzettadimantova.it

Gazzetta di ReggioThe newspaper began in 1860 as a series of legal announcements from police headquarters in Reggio Emilia. Today it is owned by the L'Espresso group. http://www.gazzettadireggio.it/

Giornale di BresciaThe paper was published for the first time April 27, 1945 when Italy was liberated from the Germans. It is considered the leading daily in the area. http://www.numerica.it/giornaledibrescia/

Giornale di SiciliaGiornale di Sicilia has the largest circulation of any paper in Sicily and in published in seven editions with a lot of attention to local news. It was founded in June of 1870. http://www.gds.it

Il CentroIl Centro is based in Pescara, in Abruzzo, and has served the surrounding area with regional editions since 1986. Local issues are extensive covered as well as sports. It is partly owned by the Caracciolo (L'Espresso) group. http://www.ilcentro.it

Il FoglioIl Foglio is a newspaper reduced to the essence with almost no advertising. It is edited by the imposing Giuliano Ferrari. You must register to consult the archives. The day's edition can be downloaded (and printed if you wish) in the Adobe Acrobat form. www.ilfoglio.it

Il GazzettinoThe leading newspaper of Venice. Founded in 1887 by Gian Piero Talamini, the paper today has nine editions in the Veneto area and is owned by a group of industrialists including Benetton and luxury shoemaker Rene' Fernando Caovilla. http://www.gazzettino.it/

Il Giornale di VicenzaPublished in the northern industiral city of Vicenza, it is the leading newspaper, with careful attention to local affairs. http://www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it

Il GiornoFounded in 1956, Il Giorno was quite revolutionary at its time, with eight vertical collumns instead of nine, short attention-getting headlines, and the facts right up front. In March of 2001 it switched to tabloid format. One of Milan's leading dailies. http://www.ilgiorno.it

Il Sole 24 OreThe country's leading daily finnacial newspaper, the Sunday edition has a special arts section, detailed and complete. The newspaper is owned by the Confindustria, equivalent of the National Association of Manufacturers in the United States. Their news is supposed to be independent, but just so you know. http://www.sole24ore.it

Italia OggiItalia Oggi is dedicated mostly to economic, financial, and judicial news. It was founded in November of 1986. It is owned by Paolo Panerai's Class Editori and published in Milan. The day's edition can be downloaded (and printed if you wish) in the Adobe Acrobat form. http://www.italiaoggi.it

La Gazzetta dello SportBorn in 1896, this is one of the three daily sports newspapers in Italy, published in eight cities on pink newsprint. The web has detailed information of sporting events. Demo versions of sports videogames can be downloaded. On Saturdays a color magazine, Sport Week, with unseen and exclusive photographs, comes with the newspaper. http://www.gazzetta.it

La NazioneThe paper hit the streets of Florence on July 4, 1859. It has a long and glorious history, and is owned today by the group of Andrea Monti Riffeser. It is Florence's most important newspaper and is also distributed in Umbria and the province of La Spezia. www.lanazione.it

La Nuova FerraraThis young newspaper (1989) is published in the city of Ferrara in northeastern Italy dedicates careful attention to local affairs and for this reason beats competition like Bologna's Il Resto del Carlino. http://www.lanuovaferrara.it

La Tribuna di TrevisoTreviso is the center of the north-east area, one of the most productive and richest in Italy. http://www.tribunatreviso.it

La RepubblicaLa Repubblica is one of Italy's two national daily newspapers. One of the most complete sites of an Italian newspaper, it provides continuous news, articles about soccer, quotes from the Italian stock market, the newspaper, possibility of constructing a personal web, weather, art, news from 40 Italian cities, free e-mail, used cars and news about automobiles, an open forum, and Katalogo, an Italian search engine. www.repubblica.it

La StampaThis newspaper is published in Turin (Torino in Italian) and is owned by the Agnelli family, who also control the city's biggest industry, Fiat automobiles. Need we say more? www.lastampa.

L'Eco di BergamoOne of Italy's traditions is the Catholic newspaper, of which there were 26 in 1893. L'Eco di Bergamo is one of the three remaining, and had the same editor, Monsignor Spada, from 1938 to 1989 and who is now the director of the editorial page. http://www.eco.bg.

LibertàSince 1883 the paper has been considered an institution by the citizens of Piacenza, a city in northern Italy near Milan. It's read not only in Piacenza but in many surrounding areas. The Espresso Group is a minor shareholder. http://www.liberta.it

L'Osservatore RomanoThe official daily newspaper published by the Vatican. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/home_ita.htm

L'Unione SardaThe most important paper of the island of Sardinia. http://www.unionesarda.it

L'UnitàFor the moment this historic organ of the Italian communist party has ceased to publish on paper but can be found online. http://www.unita.

Nuova Gazzetta di ModenaBorn in 1859 the newspaper has undergone various ownerships but has now found a voice dedicating itself to the affairs of this industrious city, home of, among other important industries, the Ferrari racing and street car. http://www.gazzettadimodena.it/